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Metropolitan Coal Independent Environmental Audit
Condition
No.
OFFSETS
Catchment Improvement Works
6/5 The Proponent shall:
(a) pay SCA $100,000 by the end of 2011 to carry out
catchment improvement works within the Woronora
catchment area; or
(b) carry out catchment improvement works within this area that
have an equivalent value to the satisfaction of SCA.
Offsets
6/6 If the Proponent exceeds the performance measures in Table 1 of this
approval, and either
(a) the contingency measures implemented by the Proponent
have failed to remediate the impact; or
(b) the Director-General determines that it is not reasonable or
feasible to remediate the impact, then the Proponent shall
provide a suitable offset to compensate for the impact to the
satisfaction of the Director-General.
Note: Any offsets required under this condition must be proportionate
with the significance of the impact.
Condition Verification Compliance Comments
SCHEDULE 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, REPORTING AND AUDITING
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Environmental Management Strategy
7/1 The Proponent shall prepare and implement an Environmental
Management Strategy for the project to the satisfaction of the Director-
General. The strategy must:
(a) be submitted to the Director-General for approval by the end
of September 2009;
(b) provide the strategic framework for environmental
management of the project;
(c)
(d)
(e)
identify the statutory approvals that apply to the project;
describe the role, responsibility, authority and accountability
of all key personnel involved in the environmental
management of the project;
describe the procedures that would be implemented to:
keep the local community and relevant agencies informed
about the operation and environmental performance of the
project;
receive, handle, respond to, and record complaints;
resolve any disputes that may arise during the course of the
project;
Metropolitan Colliery
Environmental Management
Strategy, Mar 2011
Letter from DP&I re Approval
of EMS, 14 Nov 2011
C
In progress
Not activated
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Metropolitan Coal has consulted with SCA and
propose to carry out two projects (rehabilitation of a
walking track and a quarry site within the SCA area)
plus a weed control program, following agreement
with SCA. The consultation with SCA in relation to
these projects is planned to occur in December
2011.
The Environmental Management Strategy has been
prepared and the strategy implemented for the
Metropolitan Coal operations:
(a) Environmental Management Strategy was
prepared and submitted to the D-G in
September 2009.
(b) The Environmental Management Strategy
provides the strategic framework for
environmental management of the Metropolitan
Colliery operations.
(c) Section 3 Statutory
(d) Section 5 Environmental Management
Responsibility, Personnel and Roles
(e) Procedures for implementation of the
Environmental Management Strategy:
Section 6.1 Information Dissemination
Section 6.2 Complaints and Response
Procedures
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